Patents by Inventor Christoph Stoll

Christoph Stoll has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method for generating a downward-compatible sound format
    Patent number: 8942380
    Abstract: A method of generating an audio output signal according to a downward compatible sound format, the method including: generating a sum signal by combining a first input channel signal with a second input channel signal; and dynamically correcting the sum signal using samples of the first and second input channel signals from overlapping time windows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Institut fur Rundfunktechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Jens Groh, Martin Link, Jörg Deigmöller, Bernfried Runow, Martin Keil, Renate Stoll, Melanie Stoll, Christoph Stoll
  • Method of adapting video images to small screen sizes
    Patent number: 8432492
    Abstract: To improve a cropping system by obtaining coverage of a wide range of contents for smaller sized displays of handheld devices, a method starts from a metadata aggregation and corresponding video, e.g. in post-production, program exchange and archiving, wherein (a) video is passed to a video analysis to deliver video, e.g. by use of motion detection, morphology filters, edge detection, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignees: Institut fuer Rundfunktechnik GmbH, Joanneum Research Forschungsgesellschaft mbH Institute of Information Systems, Portugal Telecom Inovacao, SA
    Inventors: Joerg Deigmoeller, Helmut Neuschmied, Andreas Kriechbaum, Jose Bernardo Dos Santos Cardoso, Fausto Jose Oliveira de Carvalho, Roger Salgado de Alem, Benoit Huet, Bernard Merialdo, Remi Trichet, Renate Stoll, Melanie Stoll, Christoph Stoll
  • Method for Generating a Downward-Compatible Sound Format
    Publication number: 20120014526
    Abstract: A method of generating an audio output signal according to a downward compatible sound format, the method including: generating a sum signal by combining a first input channel signal with a second input channel signal; and dynamically correcting the sum signal using samples of the first and second input channel signals from overlapping time windows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2009
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicant: INSTITUT FUR RUNDFUNKTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventors: Gerhard Stoll, Jens Groh, Martin Link, Jörg Deigmöller, Bernfried Runow, Martin Keil, Renate Stoll, Melanie Stoll, Christoph Stoll